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JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE MUSIC TIMESTAMP: 00:08:52    Today’s broadcast is  C1R6a for Wayback Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024. Today’s episode is our first of two Channel 1 retrospectives of Calendar 2023. Taking a page from Channel 2's retrospective scheme, today's episode is numbered "C1R6a" (Channel 1 – Retrospective 6a), and will be titled, simply, "The Best of 2023 – pt. 1: St John's picks". Be on the lookout for a second retrospective from Hugues!    Tracklist!     Track Number / Track Name / Game / System(s) / Composer(s) / Originally From [Episode] / Originally Selected By / Timestamp     A1) Earcatcher - 00:00:00     A2) Intro - 00:00:30     01) Inside the Wall - Stray - Multiplatform - Yann Van der Cruyssen - Ch F: Highlights from Stray - St. John - 00:08:52     02) Space Walk - Lightening Force - Genesis - Toshiharu Yamanishi, Takeshi Yoshida, and/or Naosuke Arai - C1E71 - St. John - 00:12:05     03) Intro - Shadow Squadron - 32X - Teruhiko Nakagawa and/or Masaru Stsumaru - C1E77 - St. John - 00:15:02    

Today's Broadcast is C2R3 for Wayback Wednesday, December 20th, 2023. Today's episode is our highlights from Season 3 of Nerd Noise Game Club (Channel 2) - our look back at calendar 2023. If you listened to the Channel F which shared every single track featured on Channel 2 this year, and started making some guesses / wishes on what we'd pick, you'll have to let us know how close or far off you were! :-D Tracklist:  Track number / Track Name / Game Name / System(s) / Composer(s) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Episode Opener! Hugues' "Wild Card" track - from C2E12: "House Music" (originally selected by Hugues) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------             01) My Quiet Forest Home - Octopath Traveller - Switch / PC - Yasunori Nishiki                      a) Earcatcher: 00:00:00                   b) Music - 00:00:03                   c) Intro - 00:03:26                   d) Top of Show Bus

Today's Broadcast is the entire collection of every single track featured on Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 during Calendar 2023 (Season 3). All the conversation and dialog have been scrapped, so these are music-only. 5 little mini-blocks, kinda like 5 little "mini Ch 1s with no intros or outros", all shared back to back....to back, to back, to back. C2R3 (our best of year in review episode - as in "Channel 2 Retrospective 3") is coming very soon, and today's MEGA MIX collection is meant to induce a little excitement for that! Do you think you can suss out which tracks will be chosen by each host? C2R3 will feature four tracks from each episode (one track of each host....by each host - a la HH HJ JH JJ) plus one "wildcard" track apiece - which are used as the episode bookends. NOTE 1: The tracks will be presented here in the same order in which they appeared in the original episodes, which in the case of C2E11, C2E12, C2E14, and C2E15 should all flow pretty naturally, as we do strive for at least some solid

Today’s “F-isode” is a look at the fabulous chip-tribute Album, “Time and Place”, written by Adam Frazier and Elijah Moore - on a program we’re calling “A Time and Place for Time and Place” - recorded on-location at the Iowa State University campus radio studio!   Tracklist   01) Blimp Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:21 Introduction - 00:02:00 Discussion - 00:06:50 02) Clear Sky Music - 00:09:43 Discussion - 00:11:54 03) Sand Castle Music - 00:16:06 Discussion - 00:18:40 04) Odyssey Music - 00:24:49 Discussion - 00:26:40 05) Wrath Music - 00:30:03 Discussion - 00:32:09 06) Magma Music - 00:38:52 Discussion - 00:40:59 07) Valor Music - 00:44:38 Discussion - 00:48:24 08) Pixels Music - 00:58:52 Discussion - 01:00:40 09) Puddle Music - 01:06:49 Discussion - 01:09:39 10) Waiting… Music - 01:12:34 Discussion - 01:14:10 11) Clouds Music - 01:22:40 Discussion - 01:25:01 12) Icicle Music - 01:31:24 Discussion - 01:34:19 13) Orbit Music - 01:40:14 Discussion - 01:42:46 14) Party Hat Music - 01:47:03 Discussion - 0

Today’s broadcast is C2E15, for Theme Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 - Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! But whether you have a certain animal roasting in the oven or not, here are some great animal tunes and talk to keep you company!   Tracklist: Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected by which host   01) Spring Yard Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog - Genesis - Masato Nakamura - St. John Earcatcher -  00:00:00 Music - 00:00:06 Introduction - 00:02:13 Top of the Show Business - 00:06:36 An Update on St. John’s Autism / ADHD (AuDHD) Journey - 00:11:39 Now Introducing: “Oddie HD” - 00:14:17 More AuDHD content shout-outs: 00:15:30 Opening Track Discussion - 00:18:44 02) Carnival of the Penguins - Thin Ice - Intellivision - George Sanger - Hugues Music - 00:24:22 Discussion - 00:25:12 03) Woody Land 1 & 2 - Mr. Nutz - Genesis - Matt Furniss - St. John Music - 00:32:17 Discussion - 00:36:20 04) Gator Alley - Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool - Kaneko Sound Team - Hugues Music - 00:40:05 Dis

In light of the recent turn of events involving Spotify, and its impact to Nerd Noise Radio in particular, the VGM podcast scene more broadly, and even music podcasts of all types, I wanted to get a special announcement up right away about what's going on, and how Nerd Noise Radio is responding. This announcement is most directly applicable to our Spotify listeners, but applicable more broadly to all listeners of Nerd Noise Radio, and even to non-listeners in the VGM podcast scene - particularly to our fellow podcasters, be they NNR listeners or not. -St. John

Today’s Broadcast is C1E80, for Scene Sunday, October 15th, 2023. Today’s episode (our final non-retrospective Ch 1 episode of calendar 2023’s “Season 6”) is a focus on remixes of VGM from various sources, with an emphasis on the OC Remix community, on a program we’re quite simply calling “The Remix Episode”. Today’s episode curated, hosted, and produced ENTIRELY by Hugues - of Nerd Noise Radio - Channel 2 fame! [show notes (including timestamps and tracklist formatting), podcast feed (and Archive) upload, and .wav-to-.mp3 conversion by St. John – literally everything else by Hugues!!]     Tracklist!!     Track #) Remix Track Name - Original Track Name (or "(Medley)") - Originally from Game (*=Game) - Originally from System (**=System) Original Composer(s) - Arranger(s) - Remix Source - Timestamp     A1) Intro - 00:00:00     01) Apidya - Meadow's Edge - Apidya - Amiga - Chris Huelsbeck - Volkor X - Project Paula – 00:01:46     02) Super Mega Ultra Pipe House - Super Pipe House - Super Mario RPG - SNES - c: Ko

[SEE IMPORTANT EDITOR’S NOTE BELOW THE TRACKLIST!]   Today’s Broadcast is C2E14 for Theme Thursday, October 12th, 2023. Today’s Theme is escape themed music, on a program called “Escape Artists” - theme and title (and track run order by Hugues)! Also, a bit of big news and a bit of small news from St. John - neither of which will probably be a surprise to anybody! Lastly, apologies for this episode being so late. This was actually SUPPOSED TO BE the August episode!!! :-O   Tracklist: Track# / Track / Game / System / Composer(s) / Selected By 01) The Last Dungeon - Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Master System - Shinichi Sakamoto - Hugues a) Earcatcher - 00:00:00 b) Music - 00:00:03 c) Intro - 00:01:48 d) Top of Show Business - 00:03:58 e) St. John's "Small News" (Linux Geekery Updates) - 00:08:27 f) Discussion - 00:10:45 02) Act 2 Part 1 - Ninja Gaiden - NES - Keiji Yamagishi, Ryuichi Nitta, and/or Ichiro Nakagawa - St. John a) Music - 00:14:57 b) Discussion - 00:17:01 03) Dance with Traps -

[EDITOR'S NOTE: In addition to being a really special episode for me already in that it features one of my all-time best personal friends, and also includes a really fun, really touching extended conversation between us at the end of the episode (which we're somewhat euphemistically calling an "interview"), or even for the episode featuring an "SM7B vs Podmic" mic comparison by way of the intro / outro [SM7B] vs "interview" [Podmic], which is the kinda stuff that I really geek (even if very few others do), perhaps most special of all for me is that this episode will also go down in history as being the very last episode of NNR ever to be produced by a non-confirmed autistic person. Though this episode is releasing AFTER my diagnosis, it was recorded and produced PRIOR, and therefore, all the both scripted and unscripted dialog was had from the perspective of someone who only THOUGHT he was autistic, as opposed to the person who now KNOWS he is. Both my side of the conversation, and my friend's side were each

Today’s broadcast is C1E78 for TwoFer Tuesday, August 15th, 2023. Today’s Episode will be TwoFer Tuesday – vol 8.    A1) Intro – 00:00:00  01) EDGE – Multi – Richard Malot  A) Quiet – 00:04:29 B) Pad – 00:06:58 02) Tetris Party Deluxe – Wii - Brian DiLucente  A) King Street – 00:09:56 B) Main Menu – 00:12:19 03) Hover Racing - PS1 - Tooru Kawakami and/or Hiroaki Ohmori  A) Drop to the Sky – 00:14:28 B) Laser Wind – 00:17:40 04) Burn-Cycle - CD-i – Simon Boswell  A) System Software – 00:20:30 B) Karmic Church – 00:26:59 05) Gran Turismo 5 - PS3  A) 4 Chords -Annayamada– 00:30:37  B) Park Side Café - Daisuke Kawai – 00:33:16 06) Art of Balance – Multi – Martin Schjoler  A) World G – 00:37:04 B) World H – 00:40:50 07) Jumping Flash - PS1 - Takeo Miratsu  A) Stage 4-1 – 00:44:31 B) Stage 1-2 – 00:47:25 08) Contra: The Hard Corps - Genesis - Hiroshi Kobayashi, Akira Sōji, Kenji Miyaoka, Michiru Yamane, Akira Yamaoka, and/or Hirofumi Taniguchi  A) Alien Den – 00:50:36 B) Jurassic Dope – 00:53:17 09) n++ - Multi – B

Today’s broadcast is  C1E77 for Mishmash Monday, July 31st, 2023. Today’s episode will be Mishmash Monday – vol 14.    A1– Intro – 00:00:00:  01 - Practice Race - Marble Madness - FM Towns – c: Hal Canon and/or Brad Fuller / a: Unknown – 00:05:28  02 – R.E.D. - Illumination LASER - X68000 - I.C. Kaze – 00:07:18  03 – Intro - Shadow Squadron - 32X – Teruhiko Nakagawa, and/or Masaru Setsumaru – 00:11:06  04 – Gambit - Spider-Man / X-Men - SNES – Tim  Tim and/or Geoff Follin – 00:15:14  05 – Firestarter (Instrumental) - WipEout XL - PS1 - Prodigy – 00:19:09  06 – Gran Prix Ending - F-Zero X - N64 – Tarō Bandō, and/or Hajime Wakai – 00:23:48  07 – Poison Ivy - The Adventures of Batman And Robin - Sega CD – Burke Trieschmann – 00:24:57  08 – Stage Theme - Battlemorph - Jaguar CD – Will Davis – 00:27:46  09– Chozo Ruins - Metroid Prime - GameCube – Kenji Yamamoto – 00:31:26  10 – Jungle Theme - Metal Gear - NES – Kazuki Muraoka – 00:36:09  11 – Vanilla Dome - Super Mario World - SNES – Koji Kondo – 00:38:15  12 – M

Today’s F-isode features video game music works from chipist and fellow VGM Podcaster, AJ Reyes, better known as “rayjkayj” of the VGM podcast VGMporium, and is our final contribution (of four) to MoVGM - season 2. A fifth was planned, but “man plans and COVID laughs”. Apologies also for a few “production shortcuts” used here due to the last minute nature of the production, as delayed by said interloper. Lastly, these tracks were all outtakes from C1E73 - UNKAYJ THE RAYJ!   All tracks composed and arranged by rayjkayj using VGMusicMaker, Deflemask and Sunvox. Since some of these games were unreleased, the tracklist will not list what system they released for, but which retro game sound hardware the tracks were designed around in the following format: “chip name(s) [major system(s) that used said chip]”.   TRACKLIST:   Intro - 00:00:00   Game 1: Bunny Kicker - YM2612 / SN76489 [Sega Genesis] AJ’s notes - 00:05:25 Carrot Crunchin’ Critters (Opening and Title Theme) - 00:07:00 See ya later Cotton Tail - 00:08:00

Today’s broadcast, for Theme Thursday, July 6th, 2023 is an episode of the Masters of VGM - season 2 (www.mastersofvgm.com) and is a focus on music from unsung and undersung composers - on an episode we’re calling “Songs of the Unsung”.   Tracklist:   01) John’s 1st composer (of 4): C418 (aka Daniel Rosenfeld)   John’s Track: Dreiton - Minecraft - MultiplatformEarcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:07 Introduction - 00:08:16 Top of the Show pt 1 - 00:09:12 Discussion - 00:12:00 Top of the Show pt 2 - 00:14:19 Hugues’ Track: Enforcer Brittanica - Catacomb Snatch - PCMusic - 00:28:44 Discussion - 00:32:23   02) Hugues’ 1st composer: Takahiko Abe   Hugues’ Track: Templo del Sol - Asuteka II - PC88Music - 00:37:18: Discussion - 00:39:31 John’s Track: Machi - Susanoou Densetsu - PC EngineMusic - 00:46:36 Discussion - 00:48:24   03) John’s 2nd composer: Soichi Terada   John’s Track: Subspace 2 - Fantavision 202X - PCMusic - 00:56:06 Discussion - 00:59:27 Hugues’ Track: TV Tower - Ape Escape on the Loose - PSPMusi

Today’s Channel F (which in the parlance of Nerd Noise Radio are “bonuses and betas” episodes) features highlights from the soundtrack to Stray, for multiple platforms, composed by Yann Van der Cruyssen, also known as Morusque. This program will follow the standard format of neither a Ch 1 nor a Ch 2. I hope you enjoy the unique journey for NNR!   [all tracks composed by Yann Van Der Cruyssen, and all tracks are from Stray on multiple platforms]   SuitcaseEarcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:10 Top of Show business - 00:02:21 Discussion - 00:15:47 Inside the WallMusic - 00:16:54 Discussion - 00:20:30 Mini-block 1: Extradiegetic MusicTown Square - 00:25:56 The Notebooks - 00:31:53 Courtyard - 00:35:33 Rikonium - 00:37:59 Clean City - 00:41:10 Discussion - 00:44:33 Baby DownloadMusic - 00:48:01 Discussion - 00:51:36 Mini-block 2: Funky MusicComputational Song - 00:54:00 Radio Edit (radio edit) - 00:56:07 Error-22 - 00:57:26 Discussion - 00:59:44 Mini-block 3: Happy MusicStep on my Shard - 01:01:34 Sterilize

["Skip straight to the music" timestamp: 00:09:09]    Today’s broadcast is C1E76 for Theme Thursday, June 1st, 2023. Today’s theme is music from unsung and undersung composers, on a program we're calling "The Big Sound of the Little Guy – vol. 2" - an episode (and likely the debut episode) of the fabulous VGM podcast community's massive group project "Masters of VGM" - season 2! Masters of VGM can be found at www.mastersofvgm.com, or on Twitter or Discord.    Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Timestamp    A1) Masters of VGM Promo (feat. Ed from VGMbassy) - 00:00:00    A2) NNR MoVGM Earcatcher – 00:01:557    A3) Intro – 00:02:01    01) Enter the Gungeon – Enter the Gungeon - Multiplatform - Adam Drucker – 00:09:09    02) Lovely Planet – Lovely Planet - Multiplatform – Calem Bowen – 00:13:23    03) The Beginning - Vampire Survivors – Multiplatform - William Davies, elrond504, PlayOnLoop, Daniela Zandara, Filippo Vicarelli, and/or Lorenzo Floro – 00:15:12    04) P-Lump - Doomsday Warrior – SNES -

IMPORTANT NOTE: Masters of VGM Season 2 starts June 1st, and is slated to kick off with Nerd Noise Radio C1E76: "The Big Sound of the Little Guy - vol. 2". To prime the pump of excitement for MoVGM in general, as well as to offer a "compare and contrast" between the incoming, much more polished and measured and matured (and much more well-produced) sequel, and this much more enthusiastic, revolutionary, optimistic, and "heart-ful" example of early, clunky-but-exuberant NNR magic, we are re-running the original ahead of time. I am eager to receive feedback on what everyone things of vol 1 vs vol 2. I think vol 2 is "better",  but vol 1 is "more important". I also think vol 1 is more "joyful", even if more "awkward". But tell me what YOU think!! They also each contain exactly one track composed by......ME - in fact, in this original episode, it's even the opening track! Masters of VGM can be found at www.mastersofvgm.com as well as on Twitter and Discord, and perhaps also other places. NNR will be just one

Today's broadcast is C1E75, for FaceOff Friday, May 12th, 2023. Today's broadcast will be "FaceOff Friday – vol 5". Be sure to let us know which versions of which tracks you prefer – and WHY!    A1) Intro – 00:00:00  01) Battletoads Double Dragon - Stage 1 -  David Wise  SNES – 00:05:46  Genesis (a: Unknown) - 00:08:25  02) Streets of Rage 2 - In the Bar - Yuzo Koshiro   Genesis – 00:11:04  Mastersystem – 00:12:52  03) Tatsujin (Truxton) - Stage 1 -  Shotaro  Arcade – 00:14:40  Genesis – 00:16:36  PC Engine – 00:18:42  04) Rastan - Stage 1 -  Naoto Yagishita, and/or Masahiko Takaki  Mastersystem PSG – 00:20:45  Mastersystem FM – 00:22:23  Arcade – 00:24:00  05) Maximum Carnage - Boss 1 -  Chris Jojo and/or Green Jelly  SNES – 00:25:38  Genesis (a: Tony Williams and/or Paul Tonge) - 00:27:48  06) Vigilante - Stage 2 -  Masato Ishizaki  Arcade – 00:30:12  TG16 – 00:31:54  Mastersystem PSG – 00:33:37  Mastersystem FM – 00:35:09  07) Utopia - Stage 3 - Barry Leitch   SNES – 00:36:51  Amiga – 00:42:47  08) DOOM -

Today’s episode is C2E12, for Theme Thursday, April 27th, 2023. Today’s theme is music from Houses and/or Towns and/or Town Locations, on a program we’re calling “House Music”  - episode theme and title both selected by Hugues!   Track# - Track - Game - System(s) - Composer(s) - Selected By   01) Training - Luigi’s Mansion - GameCube - Kazumi Totaka, and/or Shinobu Tanaka Earcatcher - 00:00:00 Music - 00:00:03 Introduction - 00:02:32 Top of show business - 00:03:15 Discussion - 00:15:30 02) Itchy and Scratchy - The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare - Genesis - Dean Morrell, Mark Ganus and/or H. Kinsley Thurber - St. John Music - 00:20:39 Discussion - 00:22:25 03) The Ominous Mansion - Crisis Core: FFVII - Multiplatform - Takeharu Ishimoto - Hugues Music - 00:28:36 Discussion - 00:32:02 04) Alone in the Town - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Akira Yamaoka - St. John Music - 00:37:16 Discussion - 00:39:39 05) A Quiet Moment - Ys III - TG16 - c: Mieko Ishikawa (Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.) / a: Keita Hoshi - Hugues Music - 00:46:32

Today’s broadcast is C1E74 for Soundtrack Saturday, April 1st, 2023. Today’s soundtrack is Yar's Revenge, on the Atari 2600 – composed by Howard Scott Warshaw    A1) Intro – 00:  01) Fly on the Wall (title screen) - 00:03:12  02) They Started It! (Intro story sequence 1) - 00:04:03  03) Lord of the Flies (Intro story sequence 2) - 00:05:05  04) Options Menu – 00:06:44  05) Strike Aggressively (stage 1) - 00:07:15  06) Watch my Flyswatter Hurt You (boss) - 00:08:00  07) Look out for my big hammer (stage 2) - 00:08:23  08) My Mistress don't take no kikimetane – 00:08:55  09) Agree to disagree – 00:09:13  10) Down with the Magistrate! - 00:09:15  11) That's Intergalactic Dancing! - 00:10:00  12) Shop Theme – 00:10:35  13) Mega Cannons - FIRE!! [aka, "Get Equipped with Item 2"] - 00:10:59  14) The Spinny Wheel of Doom – 00:11:40  15) The Satellite of Doom – 00:12:01  16) The big comfy couch...of Doom – 00:12:41  17) We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty – 00:13:13  18) 英語は話せません - 00:13

Today’s broadcast is C1E73 for Scene Sunday, March 26th 2023. Today’s episode is a focus on the original chiptunes and cover works of Chipist and VGMporium podcast host rayjkayj on a program we're calling "UNKAYJ THE RAYJ"!    Tracklist: Track# (total / "chapter") - Track Name – System (approximated) - Production Source – Compo / Event (or N/A) - Timestamp (all tracks were composed by rayjkayj except for covers where original composer will be listed)      A1) Earcatcher: 00:00:00   A2) Intro – 00:00:21      "Chapter 1": 2011 – 2018: All tracks made in VGM Music Maker (VGMMM), which emulate the YM2612 FM chip of the Sega Genesis and the SN7689 PSG chip of the Genesis and Master System. For the purposes of considering these "of a certain system", think of the PSG-only tracks as Master System and the rest as Genesis. None of these were made for any compos or events.       01 / 01) Chill Stroll – 00:03:48      02 / 02) Messman – 00:06:06   :   03 / 03) Messman (Stage Select) - 00:07:44      04 / 04) Elephant Land